12th Street Oakland City Center (BART station)

12th Street Oakland City Center
A view of the 12th Street Oakland City Center southbound boarding platform, 2017
Location	1245 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612
Coordinates	37°48′13″N 122°16′19″W / 37.803608°N 122.272006°W / 37.803608; -122.272006Coordinates: 37°48′13″N 122°16′19″W / 37.803608°N 122.272006°W / 37.803608; -122.272006
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Richmond–​Warm Springs/South Fremont   Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae   Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	AC Transit: Routes 1, 6, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 29, 33, 40, 51A, 72, 72M, 72R*, 88, 96, 314, 611, 618 (local); 800, 801, 802, 805, 840, 851 (All Nighter) * - Route operates weekdays only
Construction
Bicycle facilities	none provided by BART 8 lockers managed by City of Oakland
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 11, 1972 (44 years ago)
Previous names	12th Street (1972–1982)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016)	14,403 exits/day  3.46%
Rank	5th busiest
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station 19th Street Oakland toward Richmond Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae West Oakland toward Millbrae (Daly City on Saturdays) Richmond–​Warm Springs/South Fremont Lake Merritt toward  19th Street Oakland toward Pittsburg/Bay Point Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae West Oakland toward SFO (Millbrae on weeknights & weekends)
Location

12th Street Oakland City Center is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station located at the intersection of 12th Street and Broadway at the Oakland City Center in Downtown Oakland north of the Oakland Wye. It used to be a northbound transfer station in the BART system, until that role was switched to 19th Street station on September 13, 2010. It is the busiest BART station in Oakland and the East Bay, with a monthly ridership of approximately 14,000 as of November 2016, and is the 5th busiest BART station overall.

Like the 19th Street station, the concourse mezzanine is on the first level downstairs, an island platform and two main tracks for Northbound trains (bound for Richmond and Pittsburg/Bay Point) are on the second level downstairs, and one side platform with one track for Southbound trains (bound for San Francisco, SFO, Millbrae, and Fremont) are on the third level downstairs.